Clothesline-holder



L KISH.

CLOTHESLINE HOLDER:

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 7, 1920.

Patented Sept. 28, 1920.

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IN V EN TOR.

I n K m m 0 W e f m J UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

J OSEPI-I KISH, G]? J OHNSTOWN, PENNSYLVANIA.

CLOTHESLINE-H OLDER.

Application filed January 7, 1920. Serial No. 349,974.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, JOSEPH KIsH, citizen of the United States, and resident of Johnstown, in the county of Cambria and State of Pennsylvania have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Clothesline-I-Iolders, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to clothes line holders, and especially to that type in which the pulling force on the ends of the line may be adjusted to meet varying conditions.

The object of this invention is theprovision of conveniently positioned means easily manipulated by a person from the inside of a window for tightly holding a clothes line, and for making the fastening'of clothes on said line easy.

A further object of this invention is the provision of means for changing the pull on the line for substantially eliminating the sag on said line under varying weather conditions.

For the accomplishment of the aforesaid objects, I employ the devices shown in their preferred forms in the accompanying drawin s, in which,

igure 1 is a plan View of my device as it appears attached between two windows.

Fig. 2 is a front elevation of the same.

Fig. 3 is a vertical section of a detail of the clothes' line shifting device on line 3-3 of Fig. 4.

Fig. 4 is a horizontal section on line 4-4 of Fig. 3.

In the practical embodiment of my invention, the conical clothes line pulley 1,

preferably of wood or other suitable material which does not injure the clothes coming in contact therewith, is provided with cleats 2 arranged in space relation along elements of the conical surface of said pulley. The upper end 3 of said pulley carries a multiplicity of handles 4 arranged radially for turning said pulley about vertical stud bolt 5 which is pivotally supported by curved arm 6 from window frame 7 at joint 9 by means of angles 8. The lower end 16 of pulley 1 is flared to prevent a clothes line passing around said pulley from working oif the end thereof. A similar clothes line pulley 11 is arranged at the desired distance from pulley l and is swin ably supported in the same manner as pul ey 1, though the handles 4 may be dispensed with on pulley 11. The clothes line 10 is passed around pulleys 1 and 11, the rotation of said pulleys tendmg to cause said line to creep toward the widest part of said conical pulleys l and 11, whereby the line 10 is stretched taut.

To provide for cases where the sag in said clothes line cannot be entirely taken up by the rotation of pulleys l and 11, additional means are provided for that purpose, comprising turnbuckle 12 attached to arm 6 at joint 13 and supported at its other end from window frame 7 by angle 14 at joint 15. It is obvious that if clothes line 10 is caused to sag too much or becomes too tight because of varying weather or other conditions, the pull on said line may be quickly increased or diminished by means of turnbucklcs 12. In hanging clothes on the line, the person who is doing the hanging may stand comfortably inside window 7, pulley 1 being within easy reach. Clothes pins holding the clothes may be quickly attached to the line at the spaces between cleats 2, so that said pins cannot interfere with the manipulation of said pulleys and of line 10.

It is obvious that every portion of the line is available for hanging clothes thereon, whereby my device is economical on line space.

What I claim is 1. In a device of the character described, a conical pulley spaced means on the conical surface of said pulley for receiving pins therebetween, handles projecting radially from said pulley for rotating said pulley, and a flared bottom end on said pulley for preventing a line passed around said pulley from leaving said pulley.

2. In a device of the character described, a conical pulley arranged with the smaller end up, cleats having a flat outer surface, arranged in space relation to each other along elements of the conical surface of said pulley and adapted to have a clothes line passed around said cleats whereby said line tends to creep to the larger end of said pulley to tighten the line on the rotation of said pulley, a cylindrical head on said pulley larger in diameter than the upper end of the conical part of the pulley, a series of handles projecting radially from said head for rotating said pulley, and a flared bottom end on said pulley for preventing said line from leaving said pulley.

3. In a device of the character described, a conical pulley, cleats having a fiat outer surface arranged in space relation to each other along elements of the conical surface of said pulley, handles projecting radially from said pulley for rotating said pulley, a flared bottom end on said pulley for preventing a line passed around said pulleyfrom leaving said pulley, and adjustable means cooperating with said pulley for tightening and loosening said line and for su porting said pulley.

bigned at Johnstown, in the county of 10 Cambria and State of Pennsylvania, this 2nd day of January, A. D. 1920.

JOSEPH KISH. 

